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Ep 665 – The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy
In this classic novella, Leo Tolstoy asks, “What would it take for a guy who stinks to realize he stinks? And how would he feel about that at the...
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Ep 664 – The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5), by Rick Riordan
And so the (initial) story of the world of Percy Jackson draws to a close. It’s time to discuss the Battle of New York, the resolution of a prophecy,...
Ep 663 – The Magic School Bus, by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
The Magic School Bus series, beloved of 80s and 90s kids as both a book series and a TV show, depicts a school where every day is a field...
Ep 662 – Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami
The book that put Murakami on the map in Japan is an intimate tale about youth, love, sex, and grief. So it’s not surprise he settled on a Beatles...
Ep 661 – Into the Wild (Warrior Cats #1), by Erin Hunter
Hello, cats and kittypets! If you’re up for a Redwall-y, Watership Down-y exploration of warrior cat societies and territorial conflicts, boy do we have the dozens and dozens of...
Ep 660 – The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
Communities collide in the Chicken Hill neighborhood of 1930s Pottstown. Will the tensions become more than this town can manage? Since this is a James McBride novel, probably not!...
Ep 659 – Beach Read, by Emily Henry
Emily Henry’s Beach Read is a romance novel that’s light on the romance, and also on beaches and reading. But it’s still fun! An a good argument against aggressively...
Ep 658 – Garfield: His 9 Lives, by Jim Davis (Bonus Episode)
Garfield creator Jim Davis decided to turn his PAWS, Inc. artists loose on multiple interpretations of our favorite orange feline. Behold, a truly absurd collection of tails — I...
Ep 657 – Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
Caw caw! Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a New Age messiah.Or is it? All we know is that this seagull loves to fly and craves perfection — which is somehow...